Louise MARCIL

(b. 17 July 1783 , Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 April 1871 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Louise MARCIL was born 17 July 1783 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise MARCIL was the child of Nicolas MARCIL and Isabelle MÉNARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas MARCIL (MARSIL) and Geneviève BONNERON dite DUMAINE (maternal) François MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE and Catherine DELIERE (DESLIERES) dite BONVOULOIR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louise married Louis FAVREAU 11 February 1805 in Longueuil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis FAVREAU was born 30 August 1781 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis died 1 August 1840 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Louis was the child of François FAVREAU and Geneviève AUBERTIN.

Louise MARCIL died 29 April 1871 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Louise MARCIL

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Louise MARCIL married

Louis FAVREAU-- Date: 11 February 1805 Place: Longueuil, Lower Canada
Louis FAVREAU was the child of François FAVREAU and Geneviève AUBERTIN

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Children of Louis FAVREAU and Louise MARCIL:

Louis FAVREAU (b.11 December 1805, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 1 December 1888, Bedford, Québec, Canada )
m. Agathe VIENS 1 February 1831 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1783 Birth
17 July 1783
Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Louise MARCIL and Louis FAVREAU 11 February 1805, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 21 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Louis FAVREAU was born 11 December 1805, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Louise was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Louis FAVREAU married 1 February 1831, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Agathe VIENS

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis FAVREAU died 1 August 1840, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.